Emergency physician attitudes, preferences, and risk tolerance for stroke as a potential cause of dizziness symptoms

Western Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 768-776

  Kene, Mamata V ^a,b   Ballard, Dustin W ^a,b,c   Vinson, David R ^a,b,c   Rauchwerger, Adina S ^c   Iskin, Hilary R ^c   Kim, Anthony S ^b  

^a KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; EMERGENCY PATIENT; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME; CALIFORNIA; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAMS-STOKES SYNDROME; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIZZINESS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945554032     PISSN: 1936900X     EISSN: 19369018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5811/westjem.2015.7.26158     Document Type: Article

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